FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2013, file photo, Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Texas, right, participates in a mock swearing-in ceremony with Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, for the 113th Congress in Washington. Stockman, a suburban Houston Republican is mounting a long-shot challenge from the right against Senate minority whip John Cornyn but has made virtually no public appearances in Texas as questions mount about his campaign finances. Now, heÂs stopped showing up for his day job, too. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2013, file photo, Rep. Steve Stockman,...

Rep. Steve Stockman, seen in an undated photo pulled from his official House website Jan. 3, 2014, serves the people of the 36th Congressional District of Texas,
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